Friday 11 November 2016

11th Nov '16 Friday - 26 GWE, Red-breasted Merganser

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A late Swallow, Black Redstart and 3 Red-breasted Merganser around Oldbury-on-Severn.

A count of 26 Great White Egret around Chew Valley Lake today, the total continues to rise.

At Blagdon Lake, there were 16 Bewick's Swan with the arrival of a new family of 5.

11-11-16 Blue Tit (Rod Holbrook)
Forest of Dean
Wyedean Stages Rally tomorrow, might not be conducive to good birding
Bristol
Greenbank, Easton:
4 Skylark (over)
Stockwood Open Space:
1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Jay, 1 Raven, 1 Goldcrest, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 30+ Redwing, c20 Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch
Sea Mills:
7 Redshank, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Goldcrest, 23 Long-tailed Tit
Stoke Lodge:
2 Jay, 2 Redwing

11-11-16 Curlew (Dan White)
One of 15 at Oldbury Yacht Club
Oldbury Power Station:
1 Little Grebe, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Swallow, 1 Black Redstart, 3 Stonechat

Oldbury Yacht Club:
30 Wigeon, 1 Pintail, 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Sparrowhawk, 15 Curlew, 6 Stonechat

31-10-16 Chiffchaff (La Graciosa Island, just off Lanzarote)
Ringed 2,648km away in Littleton-upon-Severn by Rosie Hall on 29-8-16.
Unusual to be able to get a ring reading in the field from such a small bird.
Backwell Lake:
2 Kingfisher

11-11-16 Kingfisher (Gwen Thomas)
1 of 2 at Backwell Lake today
Newton St Loe:
4 Mute Swan, 3 Teal, 3 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 90 BH Gull, 4 Herring Gull (stamping the turf), 2 Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 5 Magpie, 4 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 20+ Redwing, Fieldfare, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail, 9 Goldfinch

11-11-16 Egyptian Goose (Mrs Trellis)
Blagdon Lake:
16 Bewick's Swan, 9 Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 17+ Pintail, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Scaup, 3 Goldeneye, 23 Little Egret, 67 Grey Heron, 1 Sanderling, 6 Dunlin, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Litton Reservoir:
4 Teal, 9 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 15 Little Grebe, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Raven, 7 Redwing, 1 Grey Wagtail

11-11-16 Great White Egret (Mrs Trellis)
Chew Valley Lake:
Villice Bay:
15 Great White Egret
Heron's Green:
10 Great White Egret
Stratford Bay:
1 Great White Egret

Reports: Teresa Chard, Chris Craig, Andy Davis, Robert Hargreaves, Richard Hastings, Peter Hazelwood, Rod Holbrook, Glen Maddison, Paul Martin, Nigel Milbourne, Lois Price, Gwen Thomas, Mrs Trellis, Dan White, blagdonlakebirds, opsbirding